commit 69601315c488accd96c1df7d397825da13180a3e
parent 43c6bc6619d70c144429dd50bbbef2eedf7ac1f1
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 20:01:11 +0100
docs: add notes to draw attention to the changed defaults
Diffstat:
3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/nano.1 b/doc/nano.1
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ nano \- Nano's ANOther editor, inspired by Pico
.B nano
.RI [ options "] [[+" line [, column "]]\ " file "]..."
+.SH NOTE
+Starting with version 4.0, \fBnano\fR no longer hard-wraps an overlong
+line by default, and no longer automatically adds a newline at the end
+of the text if one is missing. Furthermore, it uses smooth scrolling
+by default and makes use of the line below the title bar.
+.sp
+If you want the old, Pico behavior back, please use \fB\-\-breaklonglines\fR,
+\fB\-\-finalnewline\fR, \fB\-\-jumpyscrolling\fR, and \fB\-\-emptyline\fR
+(or \fB\-bfje\fR for short).
+
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBnano\fP is a small and friendly editor. It copies the look and feel
of Pico, but is free software, and implements several features that Pico
diff --git a/doc/nano.texi b/doc/nano.texi
@@ -96,6 +96,15 @@ as is reasonable while offering a superset of Pico's functionality.
@xref{Pico Compatibility} for more details on how @command{nano} and
Pico differ.
+Starting with version 4.0, @command{nano} no longer hard-wraps an overlong
+line by default, and no longer automatically adds a newline at the end
+of the text if one is missing. Furthermore, it uses smooth scrolling
+by default and makes use of the line below the title bar.
+
+If you want the old, Pico behavior back, please use @option{--breaklonglines},
+@option{--finalnewline}, @option{--jumpyscrolling}, and @option{--emptyline}
+(or @option{-bfje} for short).
+
Please report bugs via @url{https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano}.
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.5 b/doc/nanorc.5
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@
.SH NAME
nanorc \- GNU nano's configuration file
+.SH NOTE
+Starting with version 4.0, \fBnano\fR no longer hard-wraps an overlong
+line by default, and no longer automatically adds a newline at the end
+of the text if one is missing. Furthermore, it uses smooth scrolling
+by default and makes use of the line below the title bar.
+.sp
+If you want the old, Pico behavior back, please use \fBset breaklonglines\fR,
+\fBset finalnewline\fR, \fBset jumpyscrolling\fR, and \fBset emptyline\fR.
+
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fInanorc\fP file contains the default settings for \fBnano\fP, a
small and friendly editor. The file should be in Unix format, not in
